Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of shifts covered by agency midwives in England for each of the last five years.
21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dairy Products: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the impact of the new Nutrient Profiling Model on (a) producers and (b) processors in the B
21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of promoting adequate consumption of (a) calcium, (b) protein and (c) other key nutrients in the plans for a new Nutrient Profi
21 May 2026 · Treasury
Food: Import Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish the list of supermarket foods that will fall under the suspension of tariffs.
21 May 2026 · Treasury
Food: Import Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial steps she is taking to help protect British farmers from cheaper imported products in the context of the suspension of tariffs on certain supermarket foods.
21 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of suspending tariffs on supermarket foods on British producers.
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what requirements NHS trusts have for the holding of data on a) incidents of abuse towards staff, and b) incidents of specifically racial abuse towards staff.
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of incidents of racial abuse towards NHS workers each year.
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the increase in racial abuse towards NHS workers.
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS processes for reporting racial abuse.
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the value of introducing a Modern Service Framework for neurological conditions.
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve national standards of neurological care.
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the MS Society and Neurological Alliance’s report entitled Neurological Conditions: The Case for a Modern Service Framework, published in May 2026, whether he has made an assessme
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the MS Society and Neurological Alliance’s report entitled Neurological Conditions: The Case for a Modern
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that access to neurological treatments and specialist support is determined by clinical need rather than by geography.
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurological Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of preventable unplanned hospital admissions for people with neurological conditions on (a) people with neurological conditions, (b) the NHS and
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alarms: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the need for mandatory accreditation services for the installation of telecare devices.
15 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to conduct a re-sentencing exercise for all IPP-sentenced prisoners.
15 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Self-harm
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce self-harm in prison.
15 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Self-harm
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of incidences of self-harm is among (a) prisoners with IPP sentences and (b) the general prison population.
15 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve mental health care for prisoners with IPP sentences.
15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people graduated as midwives in each of the last ten years.
15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were received for midwifery courses at universities in each of the last 10 years.
15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives who started working in the NHS in England in the last ten years stopped working for the NHS after i) one, ii) two, iii) three and iv) five years.
15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives started working in the NHS in England in each of the last ten years.
15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were removed from NHS elective waiting lists through unreported removals, administrative methods and other means of validation in each month in the last two years.
14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has issued guidance to integrated care boards about the funding of notional rent for new or extended premises.
14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new or extended primary care premises have been funded by integrated care boards in England in each of the last five financial years.
14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Menopause
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of menopause symptoms on women’s labour market participation.
14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Menopause
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that menopause-related workplace adjustments are consistently available across different sectors and roles.
Source: official written-questions record.